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Can confirm. I was at HP during Leo's tenure. I remember we bought Palm in July, 2010, but because the Palm Tablet (TouchPad) didn't immediately eclipse the iPa
by awill 4y ago
Can confirm. I was at HP during Leo's tenure.
I remember we bought Palm in July, 2010, but because the Palm Tablet (TouchPad) didn't immediately eclipse the iPad in sales, the whole thing was cancelled.
How arrogant do you have to be to think you will overtake the iPad in sales over a single quarter.
- kyleee 4y agoThe whole touchpad thing is really baffling, I remember they fire-saled them and having one. It wasn’t half bad and deserved much better commitment from the execs. What a waste of engineering effort
- compsciphd 4y agoWebOS and the touchpad in particular were in many ways superior to android. However, HP didn't have the stomach for the fight. Heck, even MSFT didn't have the stomach for the fight At the end of the day, android was paid for by ads, so google could keep on pushing it in ways that everyone else couldn't, even without owning the hardware.